Sausage-twisting device



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1,459,064 F. KRusE SAUSAGE TWISTING DEVICE Filed Jan. -12 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEYS.

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F. KRUsE A SAUSAGE TWISTING DEVI CE Filed Jan. l2. 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTIORNEYS June 19, 1923.

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A TTORNEYS Patented June 19, 1923.

FERDNAND KRUSE, or PORT 1MOHMonnavinvv Yank.

sAUsAGE-TWISTING DEVICE.

'Application filed January 12, 1922. "semina 528,623.

To all whom 'it V07mg( concern:

Beit "known that L FERDINAND KRUSE, a citizen of the IUnited States,v and resident of Port Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of vNew York, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Sausage-Twisting Devices, of which the followingl is a specification.`

fOne ofthe objects of this invention is to limprove upon the' construction of thesauvbetween the belts7 and a further object is to provide a manual means 'for operatingvthe carrier which will simultaneously operate a means for spreadingv orseparating the opposed working surfaces ofthe adjacent belts Vtothereby allowthe sausages to be readily removed from or insertedinto the machine. For the accomplishment ofthese and such further objects as will be apparent to those skilled in the art `-to which Athis appertains, they invention consistsin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying` drawings wherein is shown a preferred embodiment of the inventionbut it is to be understood that changes, variations and Vmodifications may be resorted to which fall within 'the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specication: j

Fig. l is atop plan View of the machine partially broken away through the center.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the structure shown in Fig. l as seen from the left. j

Fig. 3 is a partial side view ofthe opposite side to that shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of i Fig. 6.

Fig. 5 is a partial section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 6. l ,l

Fig. 6 is a `fragmentary section on the line 6-6 of Fig. l. Y j

Fig. 7 is a partial ydetailof the forming members showingI a Sausage casing at V'the beginning'of the forming.

r 'r 0F Flic-f5? y Fig. 8is a si'milarvi'ew showingthecotn pletion ofthe V'forming operation.`

9 'is a sectional ."detail 'on the :line 959 of Fig. @aand A i i, Fig.` l() a detailof thee'ndformers.

' `Reterring"to the .drawing's, "the numerals 10. and lul findicatefthe side members of the machine which jare oinetl 'together at their ends 4by the end pieces'llQ and 13, between which lare secured'a number of suitably spaced 'intermediate 'members 14. A plura'lity lof spaced .shafts l5 are journaled inl4 the Vside andintermediate `nilei'nloe'rs and lto each ofsaid shafts outside of the endmerm 'bei' 10 is secured.aispurgearifi-and between Leach oflthe adjacentgea'r's G la' stub'ishaft 17 is .provided on each lof which isfmounted an idler gear 18. i i

t 'FiXedly mountedA adjacent RYthe" ends of the shafts are 'al vseriesfof. lower rollers l'19 about which yanda yseries o"f"'u`lppe"rv 'rollers i. 2O arctrained a'series "off endless belts 21,

the upper rollers being mounted to re'volye upon rods Q2 which entend"betweenandare carried by fa series rof arrnsgQB' journaled upon the .shafts 1'5. The lower ends of said arms are provid-ed `with projecting Vfingers q24 for purpose'toibe h'er'eina'fte'rs'et forth. At equal I i'nteri'als across the machine' are 'fixed longitudinally entending vforme'rs `25 which are4 cutl awaylt'o vfornia 'pluralitly 'of V shaped openings 26,'1s`a'i'd openings :being arranged in alignment with thespacesbe tween alternate beltsQl asclearlyvshownin Figs. 2 Aand"'6'of`the drawing. Gruides 127 are attached atthei'r lowerends at intervals .along the intermediate "members 14ga-nd are spaced, transversely from Ithe lffori'ners A25` to provide aguide way 28adap`ted torec'eive the blades 29 of a movable 'foriner; AThe blades 29 arepivotedat'theirilowefr ends 'to a cross rod iO-mounted at 'one 'end of the i machine and at their upperends are joined by a rod Bisuitable spacingslee'ves 32'bcing provided" on the.rojdst'o hold the blades i.

in proper position.

It will be understood 'thatigany desirable y number of formers'Q `andfbelts maylbie pr'o'- 1105 vided 'transversely of thellfmachine but my preferredembodiment asr shown" in'the drawings comprises vthrfee 'fformers which di-` vide 'thei `machine transversely into four spaces. "The, spaces adjacent -the `sides 1`o'f the machine are' providedwith'fthe ibelts "21 v while one'of the vspaces'adjacent the centre of the `machinel is 'provided with ya l-'si'mila'r along the outside of the side member 11 and is provided adjacent the ends of the machine with worms 36 preferably having left handed threads and which mesh` with worm wheels 37 mounted on transverse shafts 38 extending to the center of the machine and provided with spur gears 39 which drive the chain of gears 34 and through them the rollers 19a and belts 21a. Adjacent the worms 36 are a second pair of worms .40 which it will be noted are provided with right hand threads and mesh with the worm wheels 41 mounted on the projecting ends of the two end shafts 15 extending to the opposite side of the machine and which as hereinbefore set forth are provided with the gears 16. Any desirable means such as the handle42 may be provided to rotate the shafts 35 or suitable power means may be employed. It will thus be obvious that rotation of the shaft 35 will cause the belts 21a to be rotated in the opposite direction to the belts 21. As. shown in Fig. 6 the rollers 19 and 19a may be provided with groovesv43 which areadapted to engage with strips 44 arranged transversely of the belts to ensure the positive rotation of the belts and prevent undue slipping.

yThe side members 46 of the lifting carriage to be hereinafter described are preferably provided with former members 45 arranged alternately in alignment with the V shaped spaces 26 of the intermediate for- .mers and the formers 45 are also alternately arranged with respect to each other on the respective side members 46. r'hese formers 45 are preferably formed of sheet metal bent to form a V shape in horizontal section and are'hingedly mounted as at 46a on the side bars 46 of a. sausage lifting carriage which consists of the side bars 46 connected at the ends by the transverse rods 47.

Longitudinal strips 48 are secured to the rods and extend into the guide ways 28, spacing sleeves 49 being provided to hold the strips in proper alignment. Means for raising the sausage lifting carriage are provided andv consist of a pair of longitudinally extending shafts 50, 51 to the ends of which are fixed the mitre gears 52 meshing with corresponding gears 53 secured to a pair of transverse shafts 54 journaled in suitable bearings on the end pieces 12 and 13. Each of the shafts 50 and 51 are provided with kin proper alignment by means of end pieces 53, and by lugs 6lfprojecting downwardly from the side pieces k10 and 1l and having elongated slots 62 therein in which the ends of the end shafts 57 are received (see Fig. 2).

Secured along the shafts 50` and 51 are a series of cams 59 which are in alignment with the rods 57 whereby rotation of the shafts 5() and 51 will cause the rods 57 to be moved upwardly from the full line po' sitions shown in Fig. 6 to the dotted line positions, thus causing the rods to thrust the lingers 24 apartand cause the `arms 23 to be moved apart carrying the belts 21 to the dotted line positions, thus allowing for the free insertion or removal of the casings between the belts. Any suitable means sui as the springs 60 may be provided to hold the belts yieldingly in frictional engagement with the casings.

Arranged along the side pieces 1() and 11 in alignment with the end formersf45V are mounted upwardly projecting combined guide and actuating members 63 which extend within and are partially encased by the V shaped formers 45 when the sausage lifting casing is in the position shown in Fig. 4 and therefore hold the formers in an upright position. When the lifting carriage is raised to its upper position ras shown in Fig. 5 the foi-mers will obviously drop inwardly due to the manner in whichthey are hinged, thus facilitating the easy removal of the casings.

The operation of the machine is as follows, assuming 'that thel operator has actuated the handle 56 t0 raise the lifting carriage to the position shown in Fig. 5, or the dotted line position in Fig. 6,'the rotation of the shafts 50 and 51 will cause the belts 21 and 21il to be separated against' the action of the springs 60 to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 6. The operator then places a casing upon the carriage twistingand securing the end in the notched bracket 7() and threading the casing around the end formers in the manner indicated in Fig. 1, after which the handle 56 is actuated to lower the carriage and allow the casings to be lowered between the opposed. belts which are forced together by the springs 60. At the same time the end formers 45 are moved from the position shown in Fig.

5 to that shown in Fig. 6 bythe guide pieces upon the casings and at the same timerstarts to turn the handle 42 thusl causing the 'belts to be actuated to twist the' casings as they are forced down into the V shaped openings 26 in the fixed fermiers 25 by theblades 29'. After having forced the casings down to the full line position shown inFig. 6` when the twisting operations `will be completed, 'the operator then moves`the movable formers upwardly and y l '2 and by turning the handle' 'moves- .the

lifting arms 55 the casing because of the opposite rotation' to .thev dotted line position shown inF'g. 4, thus `raising thejlifting carriage and at the` medium of the cams 59 and shafts 57 foreving the belts 2l' and 21 apart; It willbe understood thaty the throw `of the cam Iis timed to open', the belts slightly before Vthe carriage'cominences to raise.'r4 When the carriage has reached its upward limit of travel the formers 45 willfall inwardly to' permit the ready removal vof the casings.- be understood that' due to :the twisting of of the'adjacentrprojecting ends and the pressure against the formeis 45 that'tlie casing-will be divided intolinks by the' end formers. f l

A smoke stiel; 'Tl'iwill bei placed at the i ,eenter'of the machineuponfthe lifting car,-

riage and as the carriage-is raisedl willengage the center twists-of the `ca`s`in, s in notches cutinto a metal strip 72 inserted into thel stick. The stick holding the casings is then taken from the machine and carried to the smoke house anothersti'ck is placed on the carriage and the machine is ready for'another twisting operation'. l

Having thus ldescribed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: l. In a sausage twisting machine a plurality of endless belts adapted to receive a sausage casing between them and means to c.

normally hold said belts yieldingly in fric- `tional engagement with said casing. Y Y y 2. In a sausage twisting machine, a' plun vrality of endless belts adapted to receive a sausage casing between them, means to normally urge opposed vsurfaces of adjacent belts towards each other vand in yielding frictional engagement with said 'casing and means to force said surfaces away from each other. p y 3. In a sausage twistingmachine, a plu-V rality of endless belts adapted to receive a ysausage easing between them, means to norv mally urge opposed surfaces of adjacent belts towards each other and in yielding frictional engagement with saidl casing and manually operable means to force said'surfaces away from each other.

. i 4. In a sausage twisting machine, a 'plu rality of endless belts arranged in horizontally aligned series of cooperating pairs of' to the position shownl inl? same time .through the V .rality- It will A8;v In 'a 'sausage ary belts-,the -members of eac-,hvp'air.,of` beltsgbe-k ing spaced apart to `provideaspace'in which the sausage ca smgis received andtheiop-y posed 'surfaces of each pair vofbelts cooperate., f i' i v v ,70

ingfA to e simultaneously engage twist" said casingV atafplurality of. spacedpointsn 5. IIn a sausagetwisting-machine;afpluf rality yof-'endless belts arranged; in'4 horizofnf "tally alignedhseries'oficooperatingpairs `o'f n v.

belts and` means-tonormallyurgetheop posed `surfacesl offeach of` said pairs into yieldingz frictional engagement with-l4 afsauf sage casing. f

*6. Ina. sausage ofendless'bfelts' arrangedfin pairs, a

4driving roller and an idler roll foreach belt,

twisting machine, aiplu V i' 8U,` e

said'idler -roll .mounted on` `aipivoted''arm` f 'y and ,yielding meansxfor normallyur'ging. the- ,.-pivoted arms of: each' pair'of-belts tow-ard n eachother wherebyketlie opposed surfacesfofl f l eachpair` ofbelts.willbetcaused 'to,:friction-` ally engagea sausage' casing! i twisting mach-ine, rality of endless of the machine, intermediate formers bef` tween each seriesof belts and means, to'hold the end of the sausage casing. y

9. In a sausage twisting machine, a plu'- fa plu-i beltsarranged inhorizoiiy- .m0

tally aligned seriesv end formersat the sides l rality of-endless belts arranged in horizon.- tally aligned'series'of .cooperating pairs kof belts, means for normallyjurging the coop--` erating Vmembers Ofi-said pair'fof belts tof ward each other, mea-ns for' forcing said members away from each other, a sausage lifting carriage adapted to"v raisel the.' 'sau- A sages from betweensaidfbelts and means for simultaneously actuating said carriage raisf 4ing and belt separating means'.

l0. In asausage twisting machine, rality ofvertically arranged endless belts,

adaptedito engage a sausage casing, arverti-v I cally movable sausage. lifting carriage and means to raise said'carriage vand lifttihe sain sages out of engagement withsaid beltsfj-v 11. In'a sausage twistingfmachine, aplu-fA rality of vertical endless `belts arranged inf" horizontally aligned parallel series,nst'ation forinersintermediate the series of belts,v ,p Vguidemen'ibers adjacent saidformerspniovfu., v able formers cooperatingiwith said station!` ary formers and passing between said staeI-' ltionary formers and guide members, anda sausage lifting carriage situated betvveen'4 said guide members vand stationary formers, below said movablevformers.

12. `In a sausage twisting machine, a plu'- y rality of Vertical lendless belts arranged in vll) horizontallyaligned parallel series, station ary formersinterniediate the series of belts. movable `formers Cooperating with said stationary for-mers and a Aplurality of hinged formers located at the outer sides of the -machine adj acent the outer horizontal' series of belts..v

13. In a sausage twisting machine, a plu# rality of'endless belts arranged in horizontally alignedy parallel series, stationary formers intermediate theiseries of belts, said.

formers provided. withv ay plurality oi V shaped openings, and a plurality of hinged formers alternately arranged on opposite sides of the machine in Aalignment with saidl openings'.

14:. In a sausage vtwisting machine,.a plurality of vertically. arranged lendless belts adapted to engage afsausagecasing, a vertically movable sausagevliiting carriage anda lplurality of hinged `iorrners carried by the sides of said carriage.y

15. In av sausage twisting machine, a. pluy rality of vertical endless belts arranged in l an horizontally aligned parallel series, station ary formers intermediate the series of belts,

p said formers provided with a plurality of transversely aligned kVl shaped openings, a sausage litt-ing carriage adapted toI lift the v sausages out ot' engagement with said belts and vertically extending hinged formers carried by said carriage adapted to drop inwardly when said .carriage is raised lto facili; tate the removal votsaid sausagesrfromthe machine.

16. In a sausage twisting machine,`a,plu-r rality of vertical endless belts 'arranged in horizontally aligned parallel series, stationary ormers intermediate the series of belts, said foi-mersprovided with a plurality ot transversely aligned V-shaped openingspa sausage lifting carriage adapted to lift the sausages out ot engagement with said belts. vertically extending `hinged forme-rs carried by said carriage adapted to drop inwardly when said carriage is, raised to facilitate tihe removal ot' said sausages lfromfthe machine, and means torestore said formers to a vertim cal position' whensaid carriageis` lowered.

1'?. ln a sausage twisting, machine, a verd tically movable sausage lifting carriage, a

plurality oi formers carriedpby said car-- FERDINAND KRUSE. 

